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Saving Lives 365 ASPCApro 2021 Q2 Planning Calendar - ASPCApro.org
April 2021

Timely Promotions                                             More Online Engagement                       Staff Celebrations
7:   Temporarily update select animal bios with pets’          • Use the hashtag #PreventDogBites
     preferred brews (stout for plump pups, pale ale for           on Twitter or Instagram and share
     light-furred cats, hoppy for any bunnies in your care,        your favorite safety tips.
     etc.).                                                    •   Share cute pics of pups in jammies on
10: Share the ASPCA’s #ShopWithYourHeart campaign.                 Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day.

10: Promote your bonded pairs today!                          Professional Development
11-17: Profile your ACOs, the unsung heroes, on your           • Learn more about the ASPCA’s Meow
     social media channels.                                        For Now kitten foster campaign.
15: Train cats and dogs to high five and help them get         • Dive into the research around pet ID
     adopted faster.                                               tags and learn how to keep adopted
                                                                   pets protected.
18-24: Check out 10 Ways to Thank Foster Pet Families.
                                                               •   Share with staff these free ASPCA
22: Reduce your carbon pawprint with these recycling               Cornell Maddie’s Shelter Medicine
     enrichment projects.                                          Conference online classes, including
23: Share strategies for preventing lost dogs and what to          Caring this Much is Exhausting! The
     do if a dog goes missing in your community.                   Emotional Challenges of Working
24: Thank your shelter veterinarians on Facebook and               in an Animal Shelter or Rescue
     ask followers to comment with a shout-out to their            Environment.
     own pet’s vet.
                                                              Plan Ahead
26: Do you adopt out equines? Become a partner in The          • Kitten Season
     Right Horse Initiative and gain access to invaluable
     adoption resources.
                                                               • Cinco de Mayo
                                                               • Mother’s Day
26: Share these helpful tips on keeping pets safe
     around kids.
Saving Lives 365 ASPCApro 2021 Q2 Planning Calendar - ASPCApro.org
April 2021
        Sunday                 Monday                  Tuesday       Wednesday                 Thursday                  Friday               Saturday

Notes                                                                                        1                       2                      3

                                                                                            April Fool’s Day

  4                        5                       6                  7                      8                       9                    10

                                                                                                                                          National Farm
                                                                                                                                          Animals Day
                                                                                           National Dogfighting
 Easter                                                             National Beer Day      Awareness Day                                  Siblings Day

 11                      12                      13                 14                     15                       16                    17
 11-17: National Dog Bite Prevention Week
 11-17: National Animal Control Officer Appreciation Week                                                                                 17-23: National Pet ID
                                                                                                                                          Week
                                                                                                                    Wear Your Pajamas
 National Pet Day                                                                          National High Five Day   to Work Day

18                       19                      20                 21                     22                       23                    24
17-23: National Pet ID Week

18-24: National Volunteer Appreciation Week
                                                                    21-23: Animal Care Expo Online
                                                                                                                    National Lost Dogs
                                                                                           Earth Day                Awareness Day         World Veterinary Day

25                       26                      27                 28                     29                       30
                                                                                                                    National Adopt a
                                                                                                                    Shelter Pet Day
                         Help a Horse Day
                                                                                                                    Animal Advocacy Day
                         National Kids and       National Little                                                    National Therapy
                         Pets Day                Pampered Dog Day                                                   Animal Day
Saving Lives 365 ASPCApro 2021 Q2 Planning Calendar - ASPCApro.org
May 2021
     Adopt a Horse Month

Timely Promotions                                        More Online Engagement                                Staff Celebrations
2:   Host a volunteer dog walking training to keep        • Help horses find homes by sharing available
     your pups and community members active                   horses on MyRightHorse.org on your social
     and healthy.                                             media channels.
3:   Highlight your special needs pets and share          •   Watch your inbox for Adopt a Horse Month
     how their traits make them one of a kind.                resources, and while you’re waiting, snag
                                                              some new photos of your equines for online
4: Name pets after Star Wars characters and                   promotions.
     feature them on social media channels.
                                                          •   Celebrate Scavenger Hunt Day by asking
5:   Thank all the teachers who have supported                your community to search pets’ online bios
     your organization’s efforts in the last year in a        for answers to your questions. For example,
     #ThankATeacher Instagram post.                           what’s the name of the tiger-striped cat who
9: Create a simple online or paper wish list for              knows how to high five?
     moms (and others) to indicate which of your
     pets they’d love to have as a gift.                 Professional Development
10: Promote any available hamsters in your care.          • Read up on pets as gifts and ways to handle
                                                              the logistics of third-party adoptions.
20: Ask your fans what they would buy their pets          •   Learn how to home horses in transition in this
     if they had a million dollars to spoil them              recorded webinar.
     with.
                                                          •   Bone up on canine communication and
28: Download, print & post Animals in Hot Cars                behavior in this helpful webinar series.
     posters.
29: Break out the baby pools and let your pups           Plan Ahead
     splash around live on Facebook.                      • Adopt a Shelter Cat Month
                                                          • Father’s Day
May 2021                         Adopt a Horse Month

     Sunday                   Monday                 Tuesday     Wednesday         Thursday                 Friday                Saturday

Notes  1
                                                                                                                             1-7: National Pet Week

 2                        3                      4               5               6                      7                     8
1-7: National Pet Week

                                                                National
                                                                Teachers’ Day
                         National Specially-
National Fitness Day     Abled Pets Day         Star Wars Day   Cinco de Mayo

 9                       10                     11              12              13                     14                    15

Mother’s Day             National Hamster Day                                                                                Love Your Pet Day

16                       17                     18              19              20                     21                    22

                                                                                                       National Endangered
Love a Tree Day                                                                 Be a Millionaire Day   Species Day

23                       24                     25              26              27                     28                    29
                         Scavenger Hunt Day

30                       31
                                                                                                                             National Learn to
                         Memorial Day                                                                  Heat Awareness Day    Swim Day
June 2021
     Adopt a Shelter Cat Month

Timely Promotions                                    More Online Engagement                               Staff Celebrations
1:   Ask your fans to complete a positive online      • Post adoptable cats and use the
     review about your organization and include a         #CatsofInstagram.
     link to the site where you hope to boost your    •   Invite your followers to share pictures of
     reputation.                                          fathers parenting a pet.
5:   Encourage your fans to share photos of their
     pets enjoying the outdoors.
                                                     Professional Development
                                                      • Dive into our extensive community cat
17: Share with your community which people                resources prepared for shelters, rescues, and
     food can be hazardous to pets and which              caretakers.
     veggies and fruits are safe for sharing.
                                                      •   Learn how to combat ringworm in shelter
18: Stage a pet-friendly photo shoot complete             cats.
     with a picnic basket and red-and-white           •   Take advantage of warmer weather to recruit
     checked blanket.                                     adoption ambassadors and get adoptable
21: Feature available animals stretching or doing         dogs (and cats) out into the community.
     the downward dog on Instagram.
24: Teach a cat to ring a bell and watch them        Plan Ahead
     charm themselves into a new home.                • Independence Day
25: Partner with a local business on an employee      • Hot weather
     adoption event.                                  • Craft for Your Shelter Day
27: Take pics of tolerant pets in shades—or
     photoshop in the glasses—and share the
     images online.
June 2021                      Adopt a Shelter Cat Month

     Sunday                Monday               Tuesday      Wednesday      Thursday           Friday           Saturday
			                                         1                 2           3                4                  5

                                          Say Something
                                          Nice Day                                        Hug Your Cat Day   Play Outside Day

 6                     7                   8                  9          10               11                 12

                                          Best Friends Day

13                    14                  15                 16          17               18                 19

                                                                         Eat Your         International
                                                                         Vegetables Day   Picnic Day         Juneteenth

20                    21                  22                 23          24               25                 26

Father’s Day
                                                                         Cat World        Take Your Dog
First Day of Summer   National Yoga Day                                  Domination Day   to Work Day

27                    28                  29                 30          Notes

National
Sunglasses Day
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